Moscowitz To Exit Warner Bros. RecordsTodd Moscowitz is resigning from his post as president and CEO fof Warner Bros. Records, according to a Billboard.biz report. Details on timing for Moscowitz's exit were not revealed, but he will be replaced by current Warner/Chappell Music Chairman and CEO Cameron Strang. Warner Bros. Chairman Rob Cavallo and Co-President and COO Livia Tortella will now report to Strang.

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Johnny Depp's Pirate Mix Johnny Depp, aka Captain Jack Sparrow, is taking his big-screen pirating skills into the studio in the form of a new compilation album titled Son Of Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs And Chanteys. The album follows an initial volume in 2006 called Rogue's Gallery and will feature guest appearances by artists such as Iggy Pop, Courtney Love, Keith Richards, Patti Smith, and Tom Waits, among others. Tracks on the two-disc set include "The Mermaid," featuring Depp dueting with Smith; "Shenandoah" featuring Richards and Waits; "A**hole Rules The Navy" by Iggy Pop and A Hawk And A Hacksaw; and "Rio Grande" featuring Love and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe. The album is set for release on Feb. 18, 2013. Could Depp be up for a second GRAMMY nomination at the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2014? Yo ho, yo ho, we'll have to wait and see.

Patti Smith, Michael Stipe Join For Climate Change Concert

Singer/songwriters join in effort to point to Paris from Carnegie Hall in November to raise support for the Paris climate agreement

Philip Merrill

GRAMMYs

Aug 9, 2017 - 4:22 pm

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Timed to coincide with a U.N. climate conference, GRAMMY nominee Patti Smith and GRAMMY winner R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe will get together on Nov. 5 at Carnegie Hall in New York City for Pathway to Paris: Concert to Fight Climate Change.

The concert will also feature guest artists Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Talib Kweli and Cat Power, among others.

The event will take place the same night as COP 23, the U.N's climate change conference in Bonn, Germany, and will include the announcement of a new initiative that will invite 1,000 cities from around the world to commit to switching to renewable energy by 2040. All proceeds from the concert will benefit 350.org, Pathway to Paris and the United Nations Development Programme.

An inaugural version of Pathway to Paris was held in 2014, helmed by Smith, Thurston Moore and Lenny Kaye at New York City's Le Poisson Rouge. In 2015 Smith teamed with Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Dhani Harrison and Flea for the event, performing at Paris' Le Trianon theater.

The Week In Music: Jon Bon Jovi Jabs Steve Jobs

Did Steve Jobs and Apple's iTunes give music a bad name? Yes, if you ask Jon Bon Jovi. "Steve Jobs is personally responsible for killing the music business," said Bon Jovi in an interview with UK's The Sunday Times. "Kids today have missed the whole experience of putting the headphones on, turning it up to 10, holding the jacket, closing their eyes and getting lost in an album," he reminisced. Bon Jovi thinks listeners will eventually share his nostalgic views and long for the time when they got lost in reading the liner notes for Slippery When Wet while spinning "Wanted Dead Or Alive." "I hate to sound like an old man now, but I am," he said. "And you mark my words, in a generation from now people are going to say: 'What happened?'" Jobs has yet to publicly respond to JBJ's allegations, but in the meantime you can purchase all the Bon Jovi songs your heart desires at the iTunes Store.

On March 10 Biebermania invaded the home of the Fab Four: Liverpool, England. In town for a Friday night concert, TWIM favorite Justin Bieberdrew a crowd of frenzied females outside his hotel, causing police to respond to try and control the Bieber bedlam, a scene harkening back to the Beatles' travels in the '60s. "This is crazy," Bieber tweeted. "There are like thousands of people out there. Love everybody but gonna try and get some sleep. Please dont scream. lol." We think it's safe to say Liverpool loves the Bieb, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Stamp collectors looking to add a little Latin music spice to their collections are in luck. The United States Postal Service issued a Latin Music Legend commemorative stamp this past Wednesday featuring Latin music giants Celia Cruz, Carlos Gardel, Carmen Miranda, Tito Puente, and Selena. The set is designed to represent the Latin music styles of Tejano, tango, samba, Latin jazz, and salsa, and is, of course, muy caliente.

What is it about snorting the ashes of dead loved ones? First Keith Richards claimed to have drawn of a bit of his dead dad's ashes through a straw. Now it turns out that Courtney Love may have wanted to use the same method to "be one" with her then recently deceased husband Kurt Cobain. In his new book Everyone Loves You When You're Dead, author Neil Strauss details an interview during which the Hole rocker exclaimed, "Say hi to Kurt," while reportedly pulling out the Nirvana star's powdery remains. She then offered Strauss the opportunity to snort a little Cobain with her, which he reportedly declined, killing Love's enthusiasm for the idea as well. Hmmm…where was his teen spirit?

To support the recent earthquake- and tsunami-stricken country of Japan, the Fame Monster Lady Gaga is putting her bad romance to good use with a specially designed We Pray For Japan prayer bracelet. Fans and supporters alike can show their support around their wrist by purchasing a bracelet for $5. All proceeds will go to support Japan tsunami relief. G-g-get yours today.

Is it a parody? A parody of a parody? A hit? All of the above? The latter seems to be the correct answer. Tween artist Rebecca Black's "Friday" has been viewed more than 13 million times on YouTube, and critics seem divided on whether it's a whip-smart take on 21st century pop, a parody of tween hits or an embarrassingly bad video viewed primarily for its train-wreck value. Much has been made of the seemingly banal lyrics ("Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday/Today it is Friday, Friday/We-we-we so excited/We gonna have a ball today/Tomorrow is Saturday/And Sunday comes afterwards"), which seem to recount the days of the week for the calendar-impaired. But Rolling Stone's Matthew Perpetua feels there may be some brilliant thinking behind all this. "There's something else going on here, something that makes 'Friday' uniquely compelling," he wrote at RollingStone.com. "When you see this video, you immediately notice everything that it does 'wrong,' but it actually gets a lot of things about pop music right, if just by accident…. If the video was intended to be a parody of teen pop convention, it would be on par with some of the best "SNL" Digital Shorts by Lonely Island. And thus [the video] forces its audience to reckon with a particular formula for pop music." What do you think? Is "Friday" a sly wink at the state of tween pop, or is it just tween pop taken to an "anyone can do this" aesthetic? Let us know below.

What have our favorite stars been up to this past week? Time for a look at the TWIM Twittertable. katyperry: Slept over 10 hours...I feel like a zombie..Time to get on that elliptical! Should I juice or CHEAT & have a STARBUCKS?! keshasuxx: SYDNEY WENT OFFFFFFFF hot damn. christophertin: Thnx? :) RT @kpeatt 'Baba Yetu' is like crack. genesimmons: Puerto Rico. Fans went nuts at the KISS show. Tomorrow, Houston Stadium with 75,000 fans. Writing songs with the band today. avrillavigne: I'm doing @jimmykimmellive tonight!.... Well not literally hahahha ... Singing "What The Hell"... So check it out!

Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" remains No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the "Glee" cast version of "Loser Like Me" is tops on the iTunes singles chart.

Beatles to Jack White: 59 reasons to watch the 59th GRAMMYs

From Beyoncé, Rihanna and Adele to Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper, Drake, and Kanye West, here are 59 storylines to follow

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Jun 21, 2017 - 12:57 am

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You've seen the official 59th GRAMMY nominations list, but do you really know the nominees? In case you're not sure, we've dissected the categories to bring you 59 must-know factoids about this year's nominations class. While these facts won't help you predict the winners, they're certain to impress your friends at your GRAMMY viewing party. Read all 59 facts below and be sure to follow your favorite artists on Music's Biggest Night.

1. Beyoncé

Beyoncé received nine GRAMMY nominations this year, more than any other artist. She now has 62 career nominations, extending her lead as the most-nominated female artist in GRAMMY history.

2. Lukas Graham

Lukas Graham's "7 Years" is nominated for Record Of The Year. The Danish group is just the second group or duo from continental Europe to receive a nomination in this category. The first was Daft Punk. The French duo won three years ago for "Get Lucky" (featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers).

3. Rihanna

Rihanna received her third Record Of The Year nomination for "Work" (featuring Drake). All three of these nominations are for collaborations. Rihanna was previously nominated for "Umbrella" (featuring Jay Z) and Eminem's "Love The Way You Lie" (on which she was featured).

4. Beyoncé

Beyoncélanded her fifth Record Of The Year nomination with "Formation." (This counts "Say My Name," which she recorded as a member of Destiny's Child.) This puts her in a tie with Barbra Streisand as the woman with the most career nominations in this category.

5. Adele

Adele's 25 is nominated for Album Of The Year. The singer's previous album, 21, won in this category five years ago. This is the first time an artist's follow-up to an Album Of The Year winner has been nominated in this category since Bob Dylan's Love And Theft (the follow-up to Time Out Of Mind) was a 2001 nominee.

6. Justin Bieber, Drake

Canadians Justin Bieber and Drakeare among the nominees for Album Of The Year for Purpose and Views, respectively. Bieber, from London, Ontario, and Drake, from Toronto, are each vying to become the first Canadian solo artist in 20 years to win the category. Celine Dion won for Falling Into You for 1996.

7. Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd

Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd, who were nominated for Album Of The Year last year for their albums To Pimp A Butterfly and Beauty Behind The Madness, respectively, are nominated in the same category this year as featured artists on Beyoncé's Lemonade.

8. Sturgill Simpson

Sturgill Simpson's A Sailor's Guide To Earth is nominated for both Album Of The Year and Best Country Album. Simpson produced his album. It's the first entirely self-produced album to receive an Album Of The Year nomination since 2014, when two such albums — Beck's Morning Phase and Pharrell Williams' Girl — were nominated.

9. "Hello"

"Hello," which Adele co-wrote with Greg Kurstin, is nominated for Song Of The Year. A different song with the same title, by Lionel Richie, was nominated in this category 32 years ago. This marks the first time in GRAMMY history that two different songs with the same title have been nominated in this category.

10. "I Took A Pill In Ibiza"

Mike Posner's "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" is nominated for Song Of The Year. Posner wrote the song. It's vying to become the first song written by a single songwriter to win in this category since Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" (2007).

11. Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran is looking to become the first songwriter in GRAMMY history to win Song Of The Year two years in a row. Sheeran won in this category last year for "Thinking Out Loud" (which he co-wrote with Amy Wadge). He's nominated this year for "Love Yourself" (which he co-wrote with Justin Bieber and Benjamin Levin aka Benny Blanco).

12. Kelsea Ballerini, Maren Morris

Kelsea Ballerini and Maren Morris are both nominated for Best New Artist. This marks the first time in GRAMMY history that two country artists have received nominations in this category in the same year.

13. The Chainsmokers

The Chainsmokers are only the second electronic dance music artist to receive a Best New Artist nomination. Skrillex, a 2011 nominee, was the first.

14. Chance The Rapper

Chance The Rapper is nominated for Best New Artist. The rapper, 23, wasn't even born in 1989 when Tone Loc became the first rap artist to receive a nomination in this category.

15. Anderson .Paak

Anderson .Paak is nominated for both Best New Artist and Best Urban Contemporary Album for Malibu. He is the first artist to be nominated for both of these awards in the same year since Frank Ocean four years ago. (Ocean's Channel Orange won Best Urban Contemporary Album.)

16. Bob Dylan

Bob Dylanis nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for the second year in a row. The rock legend is nominated for Fallen Angels. Dylan is the fourth GRAMMY nominee to have won a Nobel Prize. The other three are Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama and Toni Morrison.

17. Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson received his third nomination in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category. The country legend is nominated for Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin. Nelson was previously nominated for Moonlight Becomes You (1994) and American Classic (2009).

18. Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand could win her first GRAMMY in 30 years. The star is nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway. Her most recent GRAMMY win was for her first Broadway collection, The Broadway Album, which won for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female (1986).

19. Best Pop Vocal Album

For the first time in 11 years, female solo artists take four of the five nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album. Adele, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, and Sia are nominated alongside Justin Bieber.

20. Herb Alpert

Herb Alpert is among the nominees for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for Human Nature. (The title track is the John Bettis/Steve Porcaro song made famous by Michael Jackson.) Alpert received his first GRAMMY nominations (and awards) for 1965 for his work with the Tijuana Brass.

21.Jack White

Jack White, who is nominated for three GRAMMYs this year, will be honored for his contributions "behind the glass" at the Producers & Engineers Wing's annual GRAMMY Week celebration on Feb. 8, 2017. White is nominated for Album Of The Year as one of the featured artists and producers on Beyoncé's Lemonade; Best Rock Performance for "Don't Hurt Yourself" with Beyoncé (her first nomination in a Rock Field); and Best American Roots Song for "City Lights."

22. Best Rock Performance

Two of this year's nominees for Best Rock Performance were recorded live on television programs. Alabama Shakes' "Joe" was recorded for the PBS series "Austin City Limits." Disturbed's version of Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound Of Silence" was recorded on TBS' "Conan."

23. Megadeth

The title track from Megadeth's album, Dystopia, is among the nominees for Best Metal Performance. This is the band's 12th nomination in this category (including nominations in the discontinued Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category). The band is seeking to win their first GRAMMY.

24. Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop earned his first nomination since 1988: Best Alternative Music Album for Post Pop Depression. In 2016 Pop appeared at the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live for a wide-ranging talk with Josh Homme as part of the Museum’s A Conversation With series.

25. Radiohead

Radiohead are vying to become the first four-time winner for Best Alternative Music Album. The band is nominated for A Moon Shaped Pool. Radiohead won in this category for OK Computer (1997), Kid A (2000) and In Rainbows (2008). Radiohead are currently tied with the White Stripes as the only three-time winners in the category.

26. Solange

Solange's "Cranes In The Sky" is nominated for Best R&B Performance, marking her first career nomination. Solange's older sister, Beyoncé, has won nine of her 20 GRAMMYs to date in R&B performance categories.

27. Rihanna

Rihanna is vying to become the first repeat winner in the Best Urban Contemporary Album category (which dates to 2012). Her album Anti is nominated this year. Unapologetic won three years ago.

28. Jay Z, Kanye West

The Throne aka Jay Z and Kanye West are nominated for Best Rap Performance with Drake for "Pop Style." If they win, it would be their eighth collaboration to score a GRAMMY. Their previous wins together are "Swagga Like Us," "Run This Town" (which won two GRAMMYs), "Otis," "N****s In Paris" (which won two GRAMMYs), and "Church In The Wild."

29. Drake

Drake's "Hotline Bling" is nominated for Best Rap/Sung Performance. The category was formerly known as Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. The change was made to expand the category beyond collaborations between rappers and vocalists to include recordings by a solo artist who blurs the lines between rapping and singing. Drake is the first beneficiary of that change.

30.De La Soul

De La Soul's Best Rap Album-nominated And The Anonymous Nobody, which they crowdfunded via Kickstarter, is looking to become the first crowdfunded album to win the category. De La Soul were first nominated for a 1989 GRAMMY for Best Rap Performance.

31. Kanye West

Kanye West's The Life Of Pablo is nominated for Best Rap Album. West is a four-time winner in this category. Only Eminem has received more awards (six) in the category.

32. Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Three pop or rock artists are nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. Elle King is nominated as a featured artist on Dierks Bentley's "Different For Girls." P!nk is nominated as Kenny Chesney's duet partner on "Setting The World On Fire." Pentatonix are nominated for their rendition of Dolly Parton's "Jolene," which features Parton.

33. Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton is nominated with Pentatonix for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for "Jolene." A master of collaborations, this is Parton's 18th GRAMMY nomination for recordings in conjunction with other artists. Collaborators over the years have included Norah Jones, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, and Kenny Rogers.

34. Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn is among the nominees for Best Country Album for Full Circle. She won in this category 12 years ago with Van Lear Rose. If she wins again, she'll become the first female solo artist to win in this category twice. Lynn, 84, received her first GRAMMY nomination 50 years ago for "Don't Come Home A Drinkin'."

35. Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna

Hillary Lindsey and Lori McKenna, who collaborated (along with Liz Rose) on "Girl Crush," last year's winner for Best Country Song, are competing against each other in the category this year. Lindsey is nominated for co-writing the Keith Urban hit "Blue Ain't Your Color." McKenna is nominated for writing theTim McGraw hit "Humble And Kind." If either woman wins this year, she would become the first songwriter to win back-to-back awards in this category since Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Shania Twain won for "You're Still The One" (1998) and "Come On Over" (1999).

36. Shirley Caesar

With her two nominations for Best Gospel Performance/Song and Best Gospel Album, Shirley Caesar is looking to add to her 11 career GRAMMYs, which is the highest total for a female gospel artist. Caesar is among the 2017 recipients of The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award.

37. Kirk Franklin

Kirk Franklincould become the first artist to win twice in the Best Gospel Album category (which dates to 2011). Franklin won the 2011 award for Hello Fear. He is nominated this year for Losing My Religion.

38. Hillary Scott

Hillary Scott, who has won seven GRAMMYs as a member of Lady Antebellum, is nominated for two awards for a family project (Hillary Scott & The Scott Family). Love Remains is nominated for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album. "Thy Will," a track from the album, is nominated for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song.

39. Joey+Rory

Joey+Rory's Hymns is among the nominees for Best Roots Gospel Album. The duo received their first career nomination last year for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. Joey Martin Feek, the female half of this married couple, died on March 4, 2016.

40. Vince Gill

Vince Gill's "Kid Sister" is nominated for Best American Roots Song. Gill has won two of his 20 GRAMMY Awards to date for songwriting. "I Still Believe In You" (1992) and "Go Rest High On That Mountain" (1995) were both voted Best Country Song.

41. William Bell

Stax Records veteran William Bell, whose R&B hits date to 1966, is nominated for two GRAMMYs. This Is Where I Live is nominated for Best Americana Album. "The Three Of Me," a track from the album, is nominated for Best Traditional R&B Performance. Bell wouldn't be the first R&B veteran to win for Best Americana Album. Mavis Staples took the 2010 award for You Are Not Alone.

42. Judy Collins

Judy Collins is nominated for Best Folk Album for Silver Skies Blue, a collaboration with Ari Hest. Collins received her first GRAMMY nomination 53 years ago for her album, Judy Collins #3. It was nominated for Best Folk Recording.

43.Ziggy Marley

Ziggy Marley is vying to win his seventh GRAMMY in the Best Reggae Album category for his album Ziggy Marley. Marley won his first three awards in the category for albums on which he fronted Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers.

44. Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is among the nominees for Best World Music Album for Land Of Gold. Shankar's late father, Ravi Shankar, won twice in this category, for Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000 (2001) and The Living Room Sessions (2012). This is Anoushka Shankar's sixth nomination in this category (counting one in the discontinued Best Contemporary World Music Album category).

45. Patti Smith

Punk-rock poet Patti Smith is nominated for Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) for the second year in a row. She is nominated this year for M Train. She was nominated last year for Blood On Snow. This would be Smith's first GRAMMY win.

46. Best Comedy Album

Three of the five nominees for Best Comedy Album — Margaret Cho's American Myth, Tig Notaro's Boyish Girl Interrupted and Amy Schumer's Live At The Apollo — are by female performers. This is the first time that female performers have accounted for three of the nominees in the history of this category (which goes back to 1958, the first year of the GRAMMY Awards).

47. Kinky Boots

The Original West End Cast Album from Kinky Bootsis nominated for Best Musical Theater Album. The Broadway cast album from the show won in this category three years ago. Kinky Boots is vying to become the fourth show to win twice in this category (with two different recordings of the score). The first three were Gypsy, West Side Story and Les Misérables.

48. Steve Martin, Edie Brickell

The Original Broadway Cast album to Bright Star is among the finalists for Best Musical Theater Album. Steve Martin and Edie Brickell collaborated on the score. The two musicians won a GRAMMY three years ago for Best American Roots Song for "Love Has Come For You."

49. Amy

The soundtrack to Amy, a film about the late Amy Winehouse, is nominated for Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media. The film itself won a GRAMMY last year for Best Music Film. A win this year would mark the first time a film and its companion soundtrack each won in their category.

50. Straight Outta Compton

The soundtrack to the hit filmStraight Outta Compton is a nominee for Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media. The nomination comes in the same year that N.W.A's landmark 1988 album of the same name is inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame.

51. "Vinyl"

Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1, featuring music from the HBO series,is nominated for Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media. It's vying to become the second TV soundtrack to win in this category, following Boardwalk Empire, Volume 1, which won five years ago. Boardwalk Empire was also a HBO series.

52. John Williams

John Williams,one of the top winners in GRAMMY history, received his 66th career GRAMMY nomination for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Williams has now received nominations for six of the seven Star Wars films he has scored. (The lone film in the franchise he did not receive a nod for was 2002's Star Wars: Episode II — Attack Of The Clones.)

53. "Stranger Things"

Both Stranger Things Volume 1 and Stranger Things Volume 2 — composed by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein — are nominated for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media. This is the first time in the category's history two albums from the same TV series have been nominated.

54. Ryuichi Sakamoto, The Revenant

The Revenant, composed by Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, is nominated for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media. Sakamoto won in this category 28 years ago for The Last Emperor, which he composed with Cong Su and David Byrne.

55. Suicide Squad

Two songs from the film Suicide Squad are nominated for Best Song Written For Visual Media. They are "Heathens" (Tyler Joseph, songwriter) and "Purple Lamborghini" (Shamann Cooke, Skrillex & Rick Ross, songwriters). Last year, two songs from Fifty Shades Of Grey were nominated in this category.

56. Max Martin

Max Martin is nominated for Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical. The Swedish hit-maker won in this category two years ago. If he wins again this year, he'll become the first producer to win twice in the space of three years since Rick Rubin, who won the 2006 and 2008 awards.

57. Judith Sherman

Judith Sherman could win Producer Of The Year, Classical for the third year in a row. To date, only one producer has won this award three years running. Robert Woods won for 1987, 1988 and 1989.

58. The Beatles

The Beatles:Eight Days A Week The Touring Years is vying for Best Music Film. It would be the third Beatles-related film to win in this category (or its predecessor category, Best Music Video, Long Form). The Beatles Anthology won the 1996 award. The Beatles Love—All Together Now won the 2009 award.

The 59th GRAMMY Awards will take place Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, live from Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast on the CBS Television Network from 8–11:30 pm ET/5–8:30 pm PT. Follow Recording Academy/GRAMMYs onFacebook, Twitter andInstagramand use #GRAMMYs to join the conversation.

Restructuring At WMGWarner Music Group has announced an organizational restructuring that will divide the label into three divisions: frontline recorded music, which will include Atlantic Records, Warner Bros. Records and Warner Music Nashville; music publishing and catalog development, aligning Warner/Chappell Music with Rhino Entertainment; and a label and artist services unit that will include Artist Distribution Alliance and WEA, among other companies. In addition, Warner/Chappell Music Chairman and CEO Cameron Strang will head Rhino, and Matt Signore has been named general manager and chief financial officer for the label and artist services division.

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"Gangnam Style" To Hit The White House?With less than 24 hours since being re-elected for a second term as president of the United States, Barack Obama is already getting ready to go back to work in the Oval Office. But he's not working on the U.S. federal budget just yet. He's working on his dance moves. In a recent interview with WZID-FM, the president revealed he's confident he can do the dance moves seen in South Korean pop star Psy's viral video for "Gangnam Style." "I just saw that video for the first time," Obama said. "I think I can do that move." With preparations for Obama's inauguration already underway, one would think this a perfect opportunity for the president to bust that move. But we may not be so lucky. "I'm not sure that the inauguration ball is the appropriate time to break that out," he said. "Maybe [I'll] do it privately for Michelle [Obama]."

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